Machine for sign-writing and letter-making



(No Model.)

L. G. PISHBACK. I SIGN WRITING AND LETTER MAKING.

MACHINE FOR No. 549,350.

Pat ented Nov. 5, 1895.

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Lime-e STATES LEOFORTE c." FIsHBAcK, or GARDEN crrY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR orONE- HALF TO CHARLES .arnnnon, or OARTHAGE, MISSOURI.

L VIYVIIIAVQHIINE'VFOR SIGN-WRITING AND, L ET'l'ER-MAKING.

SPECIFICATION forming ea-bf Letters Patent no. 549,350, dated November5, 1895.

. l Appligatign filed December 18, 1894. Serial Ito-532,272. orb model.)

To all I V Beit known that L'LEOFORTE G. FISHBACK,

a citizen of 'theUnited States, residing at Garden City, county ofFinney, State of Kansas, have invented-a new and useful Machine forMaking- Letters, Marks, Ornamental Lines, &c., for,Signs, 850.,v ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in machines for sign-writingand letter-maklng.

The objectiof the. present invention isto simplify and improve theconstructionof devices for writing signs, notices, &c., being. alsoadapted for executing ornamental de-i.

signs, fancy lettering, &,c.'

the inkis'automaticallyfed to they inkingpad as the device is movedacross oralong the surface to be printed.

.A further object of the invention is to provide a device .with agraduated arc and 'apivoted adjustable ruler and pointer co-opcratingtherewith, whereby the ruler may be disposed at any, desired angle withaccuracy.

. Another object is to provideea cut-0E, by. means of which the linesmay be terminated at any ,desired point or angle.

To accomplish the objects above enumerated, theinvention consists in theconstruction and novel combinations of features and details ofarrangement, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawings, "and pointed out in the claims. 5 V

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a perspective View ofa rotarymarker constructed in accordance with my improvements. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the complete marking device. Fig. 3 is abottom plan View of the gage or guide in connection with which therotary marker operates. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the two-partinking-reservoir. Fig. 5 is a detail:

perspective view of a marking-roller of dif- V wj F and the manner inwhich the same is secured 1 Similar numerals of reference. designateferent pattern. l

1 corresponding parts inthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings lv designates a suitable handle, which may beof wood or any desiredmaterial, to the lower end of which issecured ahanger-frame of peculiar construction. Said hanger-frame is of a duplexcharacter, consisting of two similar U -shaped sections 2and 3,.which,are adapted to telescope or to slide one within the other, asindicatedin Figs. 1 and 2. Both of said. U- shaped frames are providedwith enlarged lheadsor connecting cross-bars 4; and 5, and projectingupwardly from the cross-bar or web 5 of the lower or inner frame 3 is ascrew 7 6, which passes through a, perforation in the A further. Ob'ectof the invention is to provide such letter-writing device witha novelform of. inking-pad andreservoir whereby- ,cross-bar or web 4: of the.upper or outer frame 2,, said screw passing thence into the lower endof the handle 1.; The pendent arms of the frames 2 and 3 are provided attheir lower extremities withhorizontally-aligned perforal tions 7,adapted to receive the shaft on which the marking-rollerB is mounted.

The marking-roller 8 is preferably made of soft rubber, althoughitwillbe apparent that said roller may be, made of any material which isproperly'adapted to receive and distribute the ink supplied thereto in amanner that will be hereinafter described, and said roller is providedwith a ,7 central bearingsleeve 9 of brass or other suitable materialfor adapting the same to revolve freely upon its supporting-shaft 10. gV The shaft 10 passes through the horizontally-aligned perforations 7,as above described, and also through the bearing-sleeve- ,9 in theroller 8, and is provided at one end with a downwardly-projectingpointed arm or extension 11, the extremity of which is adapted toproject a sufficient distance beneath the plane of the lower peripheryof said roller to slightly penetrate or engage the paper orsurface uponwhich an impression is to be made. V

It will be seen that by reason of the particular arrangement of theduplex hanger,

to; the handled when said handle is turned,

the inner section or frame 3 of the hanger will be drawn upwardslightly, and thereby caused to bind the shaft 10 within the perforation7 for holding the pointed arm 11 in fixed relation to the hanger-frame.Upon turning the handle 1 in the reverse direction the shaft 10 will berelieved and may be turned or moved lengthwise to any desired extent.

The ink drum or roller 12 is mounted within the roller-section of thehanger between the marking-roller 8 and the upper cross-bar or web 5 ofsaid section. The ink-drum is made in two similar cylindrical sections,one of which 13 is slightly less in external diameter than the other14:, and adapted to slide within or telescope with its mate. Each ofsaid sections is provided with a peripheral flange 15 at one side, andalso with a plurality of peripheral perforations 16, the arrangementbeing such that when the two sections of the drum are assembled theperipheral perforations may register or be radially aligned. An annularor endless inking-pad 17 of felt or other absorbent material surroundsthe outer section of the drum, and when the two parts of the drum arebrought together and fur- ,nished with a supply of ink within theinterior thereof, said ink is evenly and uniformly supplied to said pad17 through the radially-aligned perforations 16 and properly distributedthroughout the fiber of said pad. The ink-drum, as a whole, is held inplace within the frame 3 by means of a U-shaped piece of spring-wirebent at its central portion to form a horizontal shaft 18, which isseated in an oppositely-disposed pair of slots or sockets 19 in theupper portion of the frame 3, as shown. The downwardly-extending arms 20of the spring-frame are curved, as shown, and are arranged upon oppositesides of the ink-drum, being bent inwardly at their lower ends to formshort inwardlyprojecting spurs or trunnions 21, which pass throughelongated slots 22 in the frame 3 and into centrally-arranged sockets inopposite sides of the rotary ink-drum. By means of this arrangement thepad 17 of the ink-drum is always held in contact with the markingroller8, and the ink contained within the said pad is distributed evenly uponthe periphery of the marking-roller and by the latter con veyed to thesurface to be printed.

23 designates a graduated are or segmental plate with which the shank 2iof a suitable handle 25 is connected.

26 indicates a ruler or straight-edge, which is pivotally connected withsaid segmental plate or are by means of a pin or stud 27 ,upon

which is also mounted a cut-off 28. The ruler 26 and cut-off 28 arefixed upon the pin or stud 27, and therefore have a rigid relation .toeach other, so that when the angle of the cut-off 28 is adjusted theruler or straightedge 26 will be adjusted to the same angle.

scribe the required are.

The inner end of the cut-off 28 is extended to the curved edge of theplate 23 and pointed, thus facilitating the adjustment of the ruler orstraight-edge 26 to any angle desired.

In operation parallel lines are drawn across the surface to be printedand the space between said lines is blocked off according to the sizesof the several letters to be printed. The pointed shaft 10 is thenadjusted to bring the point 11 the desired distance from themarking-roller 8 for enabling the latter to de- The curves of theletters are all drawn first, after which the pointed end 11 of the shaftor rod 10 is turned upward out of the way. The ruling or straightedgedevice is then placed upon the surface and the angle of the ruler orstraight-edge proper adjusted, as hereinabove described, to-

correspond to the inclinations of the straight portions of the letters,all of which be readily understood without further description. Thecut-off 28 serves to lift the markingroller from the surface beingprinted and terminates the line evenly and at the desired angle to thedirection in which the line extends.

It will be apparent that the surface of the marking-roller may be variedin such manner as to produce zigzag or irregular lines for ornamentalwork, one of the various forms of which said roller is susceptible beingindicated in Fig. 5. It will also be apparent that changes in the form,proportion and minor details of construction nlay be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of thisinvention.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is claimed as new, anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for sign writing and letter making, comprising a suitablehandle, a hanger frame secured thereto, a supplementalframe arrangedwithin the hanger and adjustable therein, a marking roller mounted on alongitudinally adjustable rod or shaft passing through alignedperforations in the arms of the hanger and supplemental frame, and meansfor adjusting the supplemental frame relatively to the hanger,substantially as specified.

2. A device for sign writing and letter making, comprising a suitablehandle, a hanger frame secured thereto, a supplemental frame adjustablymounted within said hanger frame, the inking roller and marking roller journaled within said frames, and a two armed spring attached to theinner supplemental frame and having its free ends bent inwardly towardeach other to engage elongated slots in said inner frame and to enterbearing sockets in opposite sides of the inking roller, for the purposeand substantially as specified.

3. The herein described device, comprising a suitable handle, a hangerframe secured thereto, a supplemental frame adjustably mounted Withinsaid hanger frame, a movable and self-adjusting inking roller journaledWithin said frames, an impression roller also journaled Within saidframes, and a U- shaped spring embracing said inking roller andinterposed between said supplemental frame and inking roller and alsoforming the journals upon which said inking roller revolves,substantially as and for the purposes 10 described.

LEOFORTE O. FISHBACK;

Witnesses:

C. B. STIOKNEY, MABEL A. RILEY.

